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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sonorantree" data-source="post: 134930" data-attributes="member: 13813">[USER=27958]@Alycia[/USER] , I don't think food is that important at this point, but I could be wrong. These desert Ts can go in incredibly long time with no food.I collected an adult female A paloma - the smallest Aphonopelma species in the US (would fit on a nickle as an adult). She ate one small cricket in December that first fall that I had her, and didn't eat anything more for over a year! They have been documented to be in their sealed burrows for over 2 years (and probably not eating)! She's acting strange, and staying active + eating more regularly this year. Maybe she's getting domesticated. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Anyway, out in the desert there can be long periods of time with little or no insect activity (like all winter, or even all spring if there are no rains), these Ts have to be used to that.I'm curious about the elevation at which you live... or what town are you near? I'd like to figure out the species you have, and it's natural habitat.Take care!Paul</blockquote>